W|L 54-28
75 - 89
W|L 56-26
Attendance: 15,795
Playoff W|L 0-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 18 | 25 | 43 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 75 |
| ATL | 20 | 19 | 39 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 89 |
Playoff W|L 1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 3-1
Nov. 02 1996DET@ATL90 - 78
Dec. 04 1996ATL@DET90 - 100
Mar. 02 1997ATL@DET75 - 82
Apr. 04 1997DET@ATL89 - 103
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1
Apr. 25 1997DET@ATL75 - 89
Apr. 27 1997DET@ATL-| - |-
Apr. 29 1997ATL@DET-| - |-
May. 02 1997ATL@DET-| - |-
May. 04 1997DET@ATL-| - |-
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joe Dumars | 44.9 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 2. | Grant Hill | 42.7 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 3. | Otis Thorpe | 33.8 | 4 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4. | Lindsey Hunter | 33.3 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5. | Rick Mahorn | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Terry Mills | 36.9 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2. | Aaron McKie | 22.7 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3. | Grant Long | 13.6 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4. | Theo Ratliff | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5. | Michael Curry | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Don Reid | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Jerome Williams | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 30 | 74 | .405 | 4 | 17 | .235 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 75 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Smith | 46.3 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 2. | Mookie Blaylock | 45.3 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 3. | Dikembe Mutombo | 43.9 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| 4. | Tyrone Corbin | 39.5 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 5. | Christian Laettner | 35.9 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Alan Henderson | 11.6 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2. | Eldridge Recasner | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3. | Henry James | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Darrin Hancock | 3.6 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Ivano Newbill | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Jon Barry | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Priest Lauderdale | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 31 | 68 | .456 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 23 | 24 | .958 | 31 | 10 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 89 | |